Candies May be Contaminated With Hepatitis A – WebMD

Gepostet in 2019.01.11. 22:42

January 10, 2019 — A public health alert about possible hepatitis A contamination in Modjeskas from Bauer’s Candies was announced Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Consumers who bought the individually wrapped marshmallow candy dipped in chocolate or caramel after Nov. 14, 2018 should throw them away. The FDA says a worker at the Bauer’s Candies facility in Kentucky tested positive for hepatitis A, a contagious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. The risk of hepatitis A transmission from the candy is low, but the FDA said that people who ate candies bought after Nov. 14 ...